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LogDog75

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6. She screwed up but she shouldn't have been fired
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 03:22 PM
Apr 2025

Colonel Meyers mistake was writing "But what I do know is the concerns of the US administration discussed by Vice-President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base." She was publicly criticizing official government policy which is something she shouldn't do.

IMO, what she should've said was something like this:

We appreciate Vice-President Vance's visit and to remind all military personnel not to make any public comments on whether they agree or disagree with Vice-President Vance's comments. As military members, we must ensure we do not comment on political issues in which the public may construe as being the policy of the Air Force or the DoD.

The military needs to be non-political and any disagreement with government policy should be kept within the branch of the military or within the DoD. As a colonel, her views should have been addressed to those higher up in her chain-of-command and not in an email to everyone on the base.

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